Librivox recording of the Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
Read by Heather Barnett, Kelly Bescherer, Judy Bieber, Calliope, Michelle Crandall, Susan Denney, Kirsten Ferreri, Larysa Jaworski, Sarah Key-DeLyria, Sharmini Kumar, Kristen McQuillin, Patricia Oakley, Kara Shallenberg, Tina Tilney, Kymm Zuckert.

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gives her whole heart to every endeavor. When the Dashwoods - mother Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne, and youngest sister Margaret - are sent, almost impoverished, to a small cottage in Devonshire after the death of their father and the machinations of their brother's wife, they accept their new circumstances with as much cheer as they can muster even though their brother and his wife have taken over the family estate and fortune. Marianne finds herself falling in love with the dashing Willoughby, who ends up being not all that he appears. Elinor, the more sensible of the two, falls for Edward Ferrars, a match that seems much more suitable. All of these pleasant connections are, however, soon disrupted. Willoughby leaves and ignores Marianne. Elinor finds out an unexpected secret about Ferrars that puts her on her caution in pursuing their relationship. As these complications develop, Marianne soon finds herself distraught despite having attracted another suitor, the reliable, but older, Colonel Brandon. Elinor steps into the breach to try to help her sister regain her equilibrium. Both learn what a broken heart can feel like and adjust in their own separate ways.
Since this is an Austen novel and a romance, be assured that all comes right in the end.
(Summary by Michelle Crandall)


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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Jane Austen
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; romance; Jane Austen; Elinor Dashwood; Marianne Dashwood; John Willoughby; Edward Ferrars; Colonel Brandon

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: CasualListener - - January 5, 2009
Subject: Nice book and reading, though using some expedients
Totally agree with the previous comment, though I think that a few bad read chapters(26.27.28), hurriedly read that is, could not much influence the good value and prize of the whole book, achieved through the great efforts of many other volunteers.
As a remedy for those few chapters I listened to the always good mark's smith reading of this novel:
http://www.archive.org/details/sense_and_sensibility_ms_librivox and all was fine.

Good thing we have a choice.

Enjoy!

Reviewer: guineababy - - June 30, 2008
Subject: Too Fast to Love
I love this book, but it is hard to enjoy chapters 27-29 read by Kelly Bescherer. Her "This is a librivox recording" intro is well timed for this book, however, once she starts reading the actual chapters, she sounds as if she has joined a marathon. "Maryanne" sounds like "Marion" and she seems to gasp for breath after the end of paragraphs. The end of sentences run together. I love anything read by Kara Shallenberg, who has a wonderful voice, the perfect pace, and draws you into each book. But based on the fast reading of Kelly Bescherer, I say go for version 2 of Sense and Sensibility off Librivox read by Mark F. Smith. (http://librivox.org/sense-and-sensibility-by-jane-austen-version-02/)